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Updates: Metropolitan Washington Area Submits Regional NSP2 Application
Funding Opportunity Number: HUD-RA-04 Metropolitan Washington Area Submits Regional NSP2 Application Overview: In late 2008, Congress authorized and funded an effort to assist communities severely impacted by housing foreclosures in the “Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.” The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) awarded $3.92 billion to states and localities, through formula grants, to help them acquire, rehabilitate, and redevelop foreclosed and abandoned property. *Grantees have already been awarded their funding from the 2008 Act and have 18 months from the time of award to spend these funds or they will lose them. The ARRA makes available another $2 billion of NSP funding, through competitive grants, to State, local governments, non-profit entities, or consortia of non-profit entities for similar stabilization efforts. State and local governments can use their neighborhood stabilization grants to acquire land and property; to demolish or rehabilitate abandoned properties; and/or to offer down payment and closing cost assistance to low- to moderate-income homebuyers (household incomes not exceed 120 percent of area median income). In addition, these grantees can create "land banks" to assemble, temporarily manage, and dispose of vacant land for the purpose of stabilizing neighborhoods and encouraging re-use or redevelopment of urban property. In addition, HUD has allocated another $50 million to be awarded on a competitive basis to support NSP grantees and sub-recipients. The NSP-Technical Assistance (TA) program is open to both national and local TA providers. The deadline to apply for NSP-TA funding is June 8, 2009. State Breakdown: Washington, D.C. : $2.83 million How to Access Funding: Eligible applicants are states, units of general local government, nonprofit entities, and consortia of nonprofit entities, which may submit proposals in partnership with for profit entities. Applicants will prepare an application and, for programmatic funding, complete citizen participation before submitting to HUD. HUD will review applications and make awards shortly thereafter. For more information on specific criteria please visit HUD’s website at http://www.hud.gov/recovery/nsp2-nofa.pdf. Click here for more information on the ARRA NSP programs. NOTE: Localities must be registered through Grants.gov in order apply for Contact:
Overview: The ARRA provides a total of $1 billion dollars, in formula grants, for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, $11.2 of which will go directly to participating jurisdictions in the metropolitan Washington region. This program has traditionally enabled local governments to undertake a wide range of activities intended to create suitable living environments, provide decent affordable housing and create economic opportunities, primarily for persons of low and moderate income. Much of this supplemental funding will be devoted to maintaining and increasing the stock of affordable housing. For a list of recipients please click here. Not less than 70 percent of CDBG funds must be used for activities that benefit low- and moderate-income persons. In addition, each activity must meet one of the following objectives: benefit low- and moderate-income persons, prevention or elimination of slums or blight, or address community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community for which other funding is not available.State Breakdown: Washington, D.C. : $4.89 million COG Regional Total: Approximately $11.34 million How to Access Funding: Under the Recovery Act, recipients shall give priority to projects that can award contracts based on bids within 120 days of the grant agreement. Generally, appropriations are allocated to states and local jurisdictions. Entitlement communities are comprised of central cities of metropolitan statistical areas; metropolitan cities with populations of at least 50,000; and qualified urban counties with a population of 200,000 or more (excluding the populations of entitlement cities). States distribute CDBG funds to non-entitlement localities not qualified as entitlement communities. CDBG entitlement cities must submit their CDBG applications in the form of a substantial amendment to their program year 2008 action plan to their HUD field office by June 5, 2009. State applications are due to the HUD field office by June 29. Click here for more information on the ARRA CDBG programs. NOTE: Localities must be registered through Grants.gov in order apply for Contact: Overview: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) will provide $1.5 billion for homeless prevention activities through the emergency shelter grant formula. The funding is intended to provide financial assistance and services to prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless and to re-house and stabilize those who are experiencing homelessness. For more information, click here to visit HUD's ARRA page on homelessness prevention. State Breakdown: Washington, D.C. : $7.89 million Maryland: Virginia: Regional Funding Total: Approximately $16.6 million How to Access Funding: HUD is also permitting cities that have not yet applied for Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing funds under the Recovery Act to combine their applications for both the Homeless Prevention grant and the CDBG grant into a single substantial amendment. However, cities choosing to do this are required to send their combined application to their HUD field office by May 18. Click here for more information on the ARRA homelessness prevention programs. NOTE: Localities must be registered through Grants.gov in order apply for Contact: Return to the main page of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government's ARRA Regional Information Center. |
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